Wiki Category: Yoru no tsuru

Yoru no tsuru The Yoru no tsuru (夜の鶴 – Night Crane) was a book written by Abutsu-ni and is a collection of poetics she sent to her son Reizei Tamesuke in Kyoto.1 Footnotes 1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.[...]

Period: Kamakura Period Occupation: Waka Poet, Author, Lady-in-Waiting, Nun. Family: Fujiwara no Tameie (husband) Reizei Tamesuke (son) Birth: – Death: 1283AD Abutsu-ni Abutsu-ni (阿仏尼) was a waka poet who died in 1283. She is best known as the author of the Izayoi Nikki and during her life served as Lady-in-Waiting[...]